Paris:
French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Tuesday that he will hold another meeting in Ukraine after a meeting between the new US administration and Russia, and Donald Trump can “resumably resume useful dialogue” with Vladimir Putin. He added.
In an interview with French regional newspapers, Macron seemed open to the idea of sending troops to Ukraine again, but this could only be done in the most limited ways, and from conflict zones. He emphasized that he was far apart.
His broad comments come after President Trump overturned US policies from Russia's invasion of Ukraine and was surprised by the resumption of diplomacy aimed at the aim of the Kremlin to agree to an end of the conflict.
Trump “recreates Putin's strategic ambiguity” by using “very solid words” and creating “uncertainties” that “helps put pressure on him,” Macron said. .
The French president who once spoke to Putin regularly but has not met with him since 2022 is ready to tell his Russian counterparts that he is “appropriate in the future negotiation cycle.” He added.
He said Paris “doesn't prepare to send belligerent ground forces against the conflict” in Ukraine.
However, France, along with its allied Britain, was considering “subscribing experts or even troops on limited conditions outside the conflict zone.”
Such a move “will support the Ukrainians and show solidarity. This is what we consider to be the British,” he said.
British Prime Minister Kiel Starmer has also honed his European qualifications after Brexit, and says London is ready to send troops.
However, Macron emphasized that Washington's support is needed to ensure future security for Kiev. “This is an important point for European partners, given that Russia is a nuclear-capable nation,” he said.
Macron also “evoked the idea of making decisions within the framework of negotiations under the United Nations.
He said new consultations will take place on Wednesday with “Europe and several non-European states” after an emergency meeting in Paris that brought together a few major European countries.
The previous meetings were intended to show unity, but were hidden by tensions over the idea of sending troops to Ukraine as Germany and Italy expressed firm objections to such a move.
Several small European countries, including Romania and the Czech Republic, are also reportedly not invited despite strong supporters of Ukraine.
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